Obituaries
Iris Brown
Aug 27, 2010
Iris Lorraine Brown, 79, born on the family farm near New Rockford, North Dakota on Feb 22, 1931, died in Longview, Wa on August 27, 2010. She was the youngest of 7 children. Born to parents Frank and Bertha Stenberg, Iris spent her early years on the family wheat farm before her family moved to Portland, Oregon to work in...
John Bledsoe
Aug 26, 2010
John "Blaze" Wayne Bledsoe, 58, of Long Beach, passed away Thursday, August 26th, 2010, in Ilwaco. He was born June 8th, 1952, in St. Joseph, MO., to William and Myrtle (Rudolph) Bledsoe. Blaze attended Everett Grade School in MO., and High School in Boys Town, NE. He had lived on the Peninsula for approximately 30 years. He met Linda Langston,...
John Clinton Thompson
Aug 25, 2010
John Clinton Thompson, 52, of Ocean Park passed away at his residence on August 25, 2010. He was born March 18, 1958 in Pasco, WA to George and Anna (Sprague) Thompson. John was a cook, moving here from the Portland area in 2003. Most recently he was cooking at the Dunes Restaurant in Ocean Park. He enjoyed Kayaking, rafting karaoke...
Virginia Margaret Johnston
Aug 23, 2010
Virginia ("Ginger") Margaret Johnston, 86, died August 23, 2010 in Ilwaco. She was born April 16, 1924 in Seattle, Washington to Gladys (Walker) Cox and Allison Cox. She graduated from Edmonds High School in 1942 and in 1944 she joined the Marine Corps in honor of her fiancé, who was shot down in a Boeing Flying Fortress in a raid...
Dorothy R. Garland
Aug 21, 2010
Dorothy Rollins Garland, 98, of Long Beach, died August 21, 2010 in Ilwaco. Dorothy was born October 1, 1911 in Milan, Missouri to Stanley and Edwina (Hoffman) Rollins. She was raised in Kirksville, MO. She has lived on the peninsula for the past twenty-five years. Dorothy was married to Dr. Earl A. Garland, MD and he proceeded her in death...
Ann Jarrett
Aug 18, 2010
Ann Jarrett, 93, longtime resident of the Long Beach peninsula, died August 18, 2010 in Federal Way, WA. Ann was born July 17, 1917 in Royalton, Illinois to Russian immigrants Mike and Sonia (Kuziv) Kovick. She was raised in the Russian Orthodox faith. She married Paul Jarrett in Chicago. He proceeded her in death in 1970. In 1937 they moved...
Forrest Siemroth
Aug 17, 2010
Forrest A. Siemroth, 81, of Ilwaco died August 17, 2010 at home with his wife of 54 years, Rose, by his side. Always known as Frosty, he was born April 3, 1929 in Portland, OR to Albert and Elsie Marie (Whiela) Siemroth. He grew up in Portland and graduated from Franklin High School in 1947. Frosty attended the University of...
Jeremy Lee Flint
Aug 16, 2010
Life long peninsula resident, Jeremy Lee Flint, 40, of Long Beach passed away August 16, 2010 at home surrounded by his loving family. This was Jerry's third bout with brain cancer, first diagnosed at age nine. He was a fighter and brought much love to his family. Jerry was born November 5, 1969 in Astoria to Larry and Mary (Wray)...
Sally Janice Szot
Aug 10, 2010
Sally Janice Szot, 71, of Surfside, died August 10, 2010 in Ilwaco. She was born on April 4, 1939 in Seaside, OR to Leonard and Margaret (Kaufman) Sanders. At age two the family moved to Southern California where Sally remained for most of her adult life. She graduated from Culver City High School and worked as a secretary at Point...
Ada Muriel Williams
Aug 1, 2010
Long time Klipsan Beach resident Ada M. Williams, 93, died August 1, 2010 in a local care facility. The daughter of George and Gala (Robinson) Ramlow, she was born October 12, 1916 in Trego, Montana. Ada grew up in Eureka, Montana where she received her education and graduated from Eureka High School. On January 1, 1935 she married Floyd Williams....
Alice Rose Okeefe Bortnem
Jul 30, 2010
Former Peninsula resident Alice R. O'Keefe Bortnem, 98, died in Hillsboro, Oregon on July 30, 2010. The daughter of William and Ella (Walby) Benton, she was born in Keuterville, Idaho on August 9, 1911. She was the 22nd recorded birth in the State of Idaho. At age six Alice moved with her family to Portland, Oregon where she grew up,...
Nikayla Ann Nyberg
Jul 28, 2010
Nikayla Ann Nyberg, infant daughter of Julia Nyberg and Steven Edwards, died at her Chinook residence of natural causes on July 28, 2010. Services have been held with burial at Ilwaco Cemetery. Her guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Phyllis Kamm Scheibner
Jul 26, 2010
Seaview, WA resident Phyllis Scheibner was born in Portland on October 10, 1932, a descendant of the pioneer Kamm family of Portland. She went to be with our Lord Jesus on the evening of July 26, 2010 in Ilwaco, WA. She was a teacher for over 35 years in the Portland area, mostly at Floyd Light Middle School and still...
Lorraine J. Velander
Jul 26, 2010
Ocean Park resident Lorraine J. Velander, 95, died in Ilwaco on July 26, 2010. A native of Fifield, Wisconsin, she was born September 1, 1914 the daughter of John and Josephine Tatroe. She was raised by her grandmother Anna. In past years Lorraine was employed as a waitress, as a seamstress in the textile industry, and at Boeing Aircraft. Retirement...
Jess Brittain
Jul 25, 2010
Jess Brittain, 79, died at his Ocean Park residence on July 25, 2010. Born in Kettle Falls, Washington on June 8, 1931, he was the son of Jess and Gertrude (Patterson) Brittain. He grew up on the family homestead in Lead Point where he lived in a log cabin with 12 brothers and sisters. He attended a one room school...
John Bahner
Jul 24, 2010
John K. Bahner, 61, died of natural causes at his Ocean Park residence on July 24, 2010. He was born in Seattle in 1948 and resided in Redmond, Washington until retirement when he moved to Ocean Park and built his dream home. John operated John's Custom Metals for a number of years and is was through this business that he...
Darold Hambly
Jul 23, 2010
Darold W. Hambly, 59, died at his Ilwaco residence on July 23, 2010 of cancer. Born November 17, 1950 in Longview, Washington, he was the son of Wallace and Lorena (Shannon) Hambly. Darold grew up in Kalama, Washington before moving to the Peninsula after briefly residing in Naselle where he attended school. Darold was employed with various commercial fishing endeavors...
Donald Earl Fowler
Jul 21, 2010
Donald E. Fowler, 91, died July 21, 2010 in Long Beach where he had resided the past year. A native of Hoquiam, Washington, Don was the son of Chester and Luella (Crone) Fowler and his birth date was July 19, 1919. Don was a 1937 graduate of Napavine (WA) High School. On a "day that will live in infamy", December...
Doris Yvonne Hopkins
Jul 21, 2010
Doris Yvonne Hopkins, 80. of Ocean Park, WA died July 21, 2010 at a local hospital. She was born May 21, 1930 in Wessington, North Dakota. The family moved to Portland, OR and Doris graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1948. Doris spent her entire working career at the phone company in Portland where she worked in accounting, retiring after...
Bobbie Matthews
Jul 20, 2010
Gabriele K. "Bobbie" Matthews, 61, died July 20, 2010 at her Naselle, Washington residence following a short illness. Bobbie was born in Frankfurt, Germany on January 23, 1949. She resided in Germany until she was a teenager when she moved to Tacoma, Washington with her mother Ruth, sister Karin and step-father Henry. Bobbie graduated from Franklin Pierce High School in...
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